mv: rename file1 to file2: Invalid Argument

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mv: rename file1 to file2: Invalid Argument

I have a hard drive where I was trying to run an rsync and kept getting errors. After investigation I find that the drive is behaving as if it's read-only or soemthing. at the most basic level:

# mv Notes.tgz Notes2.tgz

mv: rename Notes.tgz to Notes2.tgz: Invalid argument

Now, this is while I am in a sudo -s session (`id -u` == 0), so I do not understand how this command can fail, much less produce this error.

iMac (27-inch, Late 2012), OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2), 3TB Fusion, 24GB RAM

Posted on Feb 28, 2013 7:19 AM

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Linc Davis

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Feb 28, 2013 8:53 AM in response to Syth

Please post the output of this command in the same working directory:

ls -@Oeln Notes*.tgz

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Syth Author

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Feb 28, 2013 9:19 AM in response to Linc Davis

Sure. Running a check ion the drive right now, but this is not restricted to this file. Any attempt to creat a directory, touch a file, or move a file. I did not try deleting a file as there's no 'extra' file there I can delete.

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